Aspects of Fiction and Other Ventures in Criticism. By Brander Matthews. 234 pp. 12m0, $1.10; by mail, $1.20.

Aspects of Fiction" is a volume of literary studies relating to American and foreign subjects, and some minor ventures in criticism. Included is the thoughtful, inspiring and patriotic address on "American Literature," which was delivered in July last by Professor Matthews before the National Education Society. He talks in his own charming style about contemporary writers of fiction. The essays have nearly all been published in magazines within three years. They are none the less bright and fresh on that account. The gems of the collection are the chatty papers on Andrew Lang and Robert Louis Stevenson and " On Pleasing the Taste of the Public," the latter a particularly entertaining study. Frofessor Matthews holds that there is no such single entity as the public.

There is a public ready to welcome everything that is good in its kind; and there are as many publics as there are different kinds of good things.' Philadelphia Press. English Pastorals. Selected with an introduction by Edmund K. Chambers. The Warwick Library. Edited by C. H. Herford, Litt, D. 280 pp. Indexed. 12m0, $1.10; by mail, $1.22.

It has been decided once and for all that the general reading public is to be let into the secrets of literature. Perhaps those who regret the unguided groping of the amateur who cares and the ignorance of the Philistine who does not are, after all, scared by a bogey rather than a reality. At any rate it is too late to repine; in between the sunny delights of shopping, the girls slip away down a side street to listen to a literary parallel between two authors they have not read, and we shall have some fun that way too. The series of which Professor Herford is the general editor will be interesting if we may judge by this first volume. Mr. Edmund Chambers' introduction is prettily written and full of points.

London Saturday Review. Primer of American Literature, A. By Charles F. Richardson. Newly revised edition. With an appendix containing the portraits and homes of eight American authors. Seventy-first thousand. Illustrated. 122 pp. Indexed. 16m0, 35 cents; by mail, 40 cents.

This primer was first issued in 1878, it was revised in 1883, it appears now with an appendix containing the portraits and homes of eight American authors. The present revision does not fully cover the last twelve years. The scheme and arrangement of the book make it one of the very best brief reference books in existence.

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Retrospective Reviews. A Literary Log. By Richard Le Gallienne. In two volumes. Vol. I., 1891– 1893. Vol. II., 1893-1895. 281, 282 pp. dexed. 12mo, $2.60; by mail, $2.73. Mr. Le Gallienne prefaces these volumes with a "hoard of little maxims," which he describes as "some first and second principles of criticism." Some of them, we suppose, are to be taken seriously, while others again appear to be cast in a facetious mould. Among those that are to be taken seriously he lays down the principle that "praise is more inportant than judgment." "It is only," he says, "at agricultural societies that men dare sit in judg

ment on the rose." There we are unable to agree with him, for the expression of praise necessarily implies that the critic has made use of the judicial faculty before he is able either to award or withhold his praise. Judgment, indeed, covers both praise and blame, or if praise and blame be too strong expressions, then at any rate the pointing out of any beauties, blemishes, or inconsistencies, in the work under consideration. The mind while in the act of criticism should be like a kind of delicate and accurate literary or artistic weighing-machine without any bias of its own. Were it always to register praise we should begin to suspect that something had gone wrong with the perfect adjustment of the balance, knowing as we do from sad experience the impossibility of keeping any human work entirely free from faults and blemishes. Praise is undoubtedly a very important and valuable side of criticism, but to restrict it to praise alone would be to rob it of half its value as an educational power. As a matter of fact Mr. Le Gallienne has too much of the critic in him to carry into thorough practice the critical principles by which he claims to be guided in his method of work. On the contrary, he can and does follow the example of the person whom he condemns at agricu tural societies, and frequently issues very discriminating judgments on his literary roses. And though it must be acknowledged, in justice of his own claims, that he is extremely lavish of his praise in some cases, at other times he does not hesitate to lay bare the faults of the writers whom he has under review, with great frankness.

London Saturday Review.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the Salaman and Absal of Jami. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With a portrait. Faïence edition. 288 pp. With an appendix. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail, 83 cents.

The present volume contains the biographical sketch of Fitzgerald, written by Mr. Michael Kerney, Tennyson's epilogue to him, Fitzgerald's own account of Omar of Naishápúr, and reprints of the first edition --that of 1858, now extremely rare-and of the fifth, embodying the posthumous changes left in the hands of W. Aldis Wright. The notes, the variations between the different editions, and the comparative table of stanzas are included.

From the Publisher's Notice. Select Orations of Cicero. Revised by J. B. Greenough and G. L. Kittredge. With a special Vocabulary by J. B. Greenough. Illustrated. (Allen and Greenough's Edition.) 478 pp, with notes. 12mo, $1.40; by mail, $1.56.

"The present volume, though a revision of Allen and Greenough's Cicero (Edition of 1886), following in general the same lines, is practically an entirely new work, since the notes have been almost wholly rewritten and very extensive additions have been made." The Oration for Lestius is omitted. The orations are in chronological order, the historical and political work of the late Prof. W. F. Allen is collected into introductory chapters and the grammatical discussion increased.

Good Cheer for a Year. Selections from the writings of the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks, D. D. By W. M. L. Jay. 372 pp. 12mo, 90 cents; by mail, $1.00.

A Bible verse and an extract from some one of Bishop Brooks' works for every day in the year, the place from which the quotation is made being indicated.

Modern Political Orations. Edited by Leopold Wagner. 344 pp. 12mo, $1.00; by mail, $1.12.

Here we have a collection of the most notable examples of the political oratory of the present reign, including speeches by Brougham, Macaulay, Fox, O'Connell, Bulwer Lytton, John Bright, Robert Lowe, Lord Russell, Lord Beaconsfield, Isaac Butt, and Mr. Gladstone. Richard Cobden's great speech on the Corn Laws will be read by those interested in the jubilee just celebrated by the Cobden Club, while Mr. Chamberlain's speech on Liberal Aims, delivered in June, 1885, will amuse his political enemies of 1896. We do not quite agree with Mr. Wagner when he says in his preface that there are no longer any theatrical displays on the floor of the House, for have we not recently had Mr. Chamberlain's displays when the Transvaal Question first came up, and the allnight sitting on the Education Bill, when Sir William Harcourt had his innings? London Publishers' Circular.

Our Humor. By Richard Shelburn. 256 pp. 12m0, $1.50, postpaid.

"Our Humor," to which the name of Richard Shelburn is attached, is apparently a selection of feebly humorous newspaper clippings. Whatever amusement readers might have obtained from a perusal of the volume has been destroyed by the senseless insertion of the word "sic in almost every other line. Philadelphia Times.

Seed Thoughts for Mothers. A Year-Book Compiled by
Mrs. Minnie E. Paull, author of "Sunshine for
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Made up of extracts from a wide range of books on the duties of mothers, principally by women, one being arranged for every day in the year. The advice presented is simple and practical.

Standard Recitations by Best Authors. A Choice Collec

tion of Beautiful Compositions Carefully Compiled for School, Lyceum, Parlor, and Other Entertainments. By Frances P. Sullivan. No. 45. 48 pp. 12mo, paper, 10 cents postpaid. Whittier and Longfellow furnish selections, but most of the poems are fugitive newspaper verse. Star of the East, The. A Christmas Service. Music composed by George F. Hoag. Words compiled by Parker C. Palmer. 12 pp. 12mo, paper, 4 cents; by mail, 7 cents.

A Christmas service for a Sunday-School celebration with responses, hymns for the primary department, etc.

Things to Live For. By J. R. Miller, D. D., author of Silent Times," etc. 271 pp. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail, 83 cents.

Dr. Miller believes that it is of infinite importance that we live for the best things. In twenty-four brief chapters enriched with pertinent quotations of beautiful verse he shows the use of simple goodness, the lesson of service, the grace of thoughtfulness, the blessings of bereavement, and many other helpful modes of work and feeling. He gives wise counsels fortified with admirable illustrations.

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Tracings; ; or, A Reflection of Nature. Written by E. Scott O'Connor. With an introduction by Agnes Repplier. The Thumb-nail series. In full leather binding. 69 pp. 18mo, 75 cents; by mail, So

cents.

"Tracings" is a collection of epigrams, aphorisms or thoughts upon life. Miss O'Connor's sayings, often wise, witty or suggestive have been gathered from the back pages of the Century, and Miss Repplier has written an appreciative introduction to them. Philadelphia Times.

World Beautiful, The. Second series. By Lilian Whiting, author of "From Dreamland Sent." 291 pp. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 84 cents. Papers gathered under "The World Beautiful" on Sympathetic social relations, Magnetize the conditions, Savoir-faire, and Finance and integrity; under "Our Best Society," on The art of conversation, Entertaining friends, The charm of atmosphere, and The modern Corinna; under "To Clasp Eternal Beauty," on The true realities, Another of the real forces is thought, Be swift to love, A servant of the gods, and The ethics of journalism. There are five more papers under the title of "Vibrations," and another five under "The Unseen World." Publishers' Weekly.

Carmen. By Prosper Merimée. Translated from the French by Edmund H. Garrett. With a memoir of the author by Louise Imogen Guiney. Illustrated with five etched plates and seven etched vignettes from drawings by Edmund H. Garrett, and a photogravure frontispiece of Calvé as Carmen. New edition. Cloth, extra, gilt top. 118 pp. 12mo, $1.50; by mail, $1.60.

That Calvé is to be recognized as the ideal "Carmen "there can be no doubt. As frontispiece we have an etched portrait of the cantatrice in the character of the gypsy coquette. Taine said of the story that " many dissertations on our primitive savage instincts, many knowing treatises like Schopenhauer's on the metaphysics of love and death, cannot hold a candle to the hundred pages of 'Carmen.'' Truly, it is a masterpiece of French literature, and in its present English translation, illustrated with etchings and engravings, it makes a very desirable addition to the library. Philadelphia Press.

Daphne; or, The Pipes of Arcadia. Three Acts of Singing Nonsense. By Marguerite Merington. With illustrations by F. T. Richards. 166 pp. 16m0, 90 cents; by mail, 98 cents. There is no question that the verses and dialogue read well. A Gilbertian flavor pervades them. The author explains that the scene is laid in Arcadia "because, as no one has ever thoroughly explored that pleasant country except in extreme youth, serious criticism of the local conditions is courteously but firmly knocked into a cocked hat at the outset. The theme of the tale is Love. The world began with a love story in a garden, and even in this prosaic age

every one has a love story in the family, or knows someone else who has one, so that the dramatist is reasonably sure to hit the universal taste with the universal thing." Philadelphia Press. Richelieu; or, The Conspiracy. By Edward Bulwer Lord Lytton. Illustrated by F. C. Gordon. 213 pp. 12m0, $1.50; by mail, $1.62.

FAIRY TALES AND FOLK-LORE. Daddy Jake, the Runaway, And Short Stories Told After Dark. By "Uncle Remus.' Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated. New edition. 198 pp. 12mo, 90 cents; by mail, $1.02.

The American children not already interested in the strange doings and adventures of Brer Rabbit, Brer Wolf and the other characters in Uncle Remus's funny narratives have a great pleasure before them in joining the majority who are. N. Y. World.

Fables. By Robert Louis Stevenson.

75 cents; by mail, 81 cents.

92 pp. 16mo,

To all those who love the name of Robert Louis Stevenson, and there can be few American or English readers not of the number, the publication in its present form of the volume "Fables" will be a matter of regret. The dead poet left to Sidney Colvin, one of his nearest friends, the task of compiling and arranging his posthumous papers for publication. That Mr. Colvin has felt some hesitation in giving to the world the volume under notice is evidenced by the following quotation from the introductory note: "That collection, as it stood at the time of his death, was certainly not what its author had meant it to be. Whether it would have seen the light had he lived is doubtful." Nothing of Stevenson's could be commonplace, and though one or two of the numbers in this collection are worthy of the hand that wrote "Virginibus Puerisque," there are others, scribbled perchance in time of sickness, or in haste, or as mere suggestions for future work, that might well have been left in that oblivion to which their author would himself have consigned them. N. Y. Sun. Fairies of Fern Dingle, The. Little Lessons from the Little Folk. By Harriet A. Cheever, author of "Little Miss Boston," etc. 250 pp. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail, 86 cents

In this book the author is addressing the children, who are just beginning to learn and think. Her object is to instruct them as to some facts in natural history. This she does through little fairies who came to a little girl, Stella, in a dream, and tells her all about the realms over which they have the care. Thus some everyday facts come to have all the interest of fairyland, and little wits are sharpened to see and

know more of what it contains.

From the Publisher's Notice. Legends of the Middle Ages. Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art. By H. A. Guerber, author of " Myths of Greece and Rome," etc. Illustrated. 340 pp., with glossary and index. 12mo, $1.50; by mail, $1.64.

Following the same plan and treatment of the author's other works on mythology, appropriate quotations from ancient and modern writings are given in connection with the story of the different legends, to illustrate the style of the poem in which they are embodied, or to lend additional force to some point in the description. Brooklyn Times.

Legends From River and Mountain. By Carmen Sylva (H. M. the Queen of Roumania) and Alma Strettell. With Illustrations by T. H. Robinson. 32> pp. 12mo, $1.50; by mail, $1.67. Most of the "Legends from River and Mountain" are fairly good. They embody several of the old legends and superstitions of the Queen's romantic

Story of Aaron (so named), Son of Ben Ali, The. Told by his Friends and Acquaintances. By Joel Chandler Harris, author of "Uncle Remus," etc. Illustrated by Oliver Herford 198 pp. Small quarto, $1.50; by mail, $1.66.

The fortunate readers of "Little Mr. Thimblefinger" and "Mr. Rabbit at Home" will hail with delight this new book, which brings out again the interesting children of the Thimblefinger stories and introduces a new figure-Aaron. He purports to be a negro, but is really an Arab, and he has the mysterious power of talking with animals. The children win his secret, and they, too, can hear the animals in conversation. So are heard and reported stories told by the horse, the dog, the white pig and othersstories curiously interwoven with the family history. From the Publisher's Notice.

Wallypug of Why, The. By G. E. Farrow. With page illustrations by Harry Furniss and vignettes by Dorothy Furniss. 201 pp. Small quarto, $1.10; by mail, $1.26.

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Beaux and Belles. By Arthur Grissom. 149 pp. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail, 82 cents.

These vers de Societé have appeared in the entire round: Leslie's Weekly, Truth, Vogue, Town Topics, Godey's Magazine, Munsey's, Overland Monthly, Dramatic Mirror, New York Herald and ChapBook and represent the better order of such verse. Catvolli Veronensis, Liber. Edited by Arthur Palmer,

Litt D. LL. D., D. C. L. The Parnassus Library of Greek and Latin Texts. 97 pp. Indexeď. 12mo, 99 cents; by mail, $1.06.

The text is based in the main on the edition of Professor Robinson Ellis, to whom Dr. Palmer expresses his indebtedness, as all students of Catullus must, though he differs from him occasionally, giving his reasons for such difference in the critical notes prefixed to the text. The introduction contains a summary biography of the poet, an analysis of his characteristic metres, and a brief account of the principal MSS. Lovers of "the most passionate and brilliant, if not the greatest, of Roman poets," as Dr. Palmer calls him, could hardly desire a more attractive and scholarly edition of his poems.

London Times.

Cycle of Sonnets, A. Edited by Mabel Loomis Todd. 93 pp. 12mo, 90 cents; by mail, 96 cents. There are eighty-three sonnets, and many of them, it may be fairly written, show a high measure of inspiration. The editor informs us that they were bequeathed to her by "one, the tragedy of whose life it has been mine to know;" and, furthermore, they "were written in mature years, and in the splendor of his first great love for the fair girl who died during the second year of their engagement."***"When she died, those who knew him knew that he died also." This pathetic foreword leads one to a careful examination of these anonymous sonnets. And the result of it is the conviction that no recent volume of sonnets is more noteworthy for high and genuine feeling, smoothness of execution and fine appreciation of the deep things of nature.

Philadelphia Bulletin.

Field Flowers. A small bunch of the most fragrant of blossoms gathered from the broad acres of Eugene Field's Farm of Love. Published under the auspices of Mrs. Eugene Field with the approval of the Monument Committee. Illustrated. Svo, $100; by mail, $1.09. This book is published to aid the Field Monument Souvenir Fund. Its large pages have each a poem by Field and an illustration contributed by some artist as a labor of love. The selection is from the best of Field's work and the book opens and closes with a portrait.

Judith and Holofernes. A Poem. By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. New Edition. 78 pp. 12mo, 90 cents; by mail, 99 cents.

Mr. Aldrich a few years ago published 120 lines of this poem. It is now expanded by 800 or 900 lines. The familiar story is told in verse and some tenderness given to Judith in her deed.

Lyric Poems of William Wordsworth, The. Edited by Ernest Rhys. With a portrait. The Lyric Poets 344 pp. 16mo, 75 cents; by mail, 81 cents. March to the Sea. The. A Poem. By S. H. M. Byers Illustrated. 149 pp, with notes. 12mo, $1.00; by mail, $1.08.

A patriotic narrative poem by the author of the famous Sherman's March to the Sea," describing the most celebrated campaign of the war.

Publishers' Weekly. Notes and Half-Notes. By Frank E. Sawyer. 109 pp. 16m0, 75 cents; by mail, 82 cents.

Poems of Celia Thaxter, The. Appledore edition.

272 pp. Indexed. 12mo, $1 10; by mail, $1.22. In this complete edition, the poems are placed in the order of publication. An appreciative preface by Sara O. Jewett opens the volume. Mrs. Thaxter's verses and stories for children are collected in another volume and her "Letters" give the record of her life.

Poems of Robert Browning. From the author's revised text of 1889. His own selections, with additions from his latest works. Edited with biographical and critical notes and introductions by Charlotte Porter and Helen A. Clarke. In two volumes. Illustrated. 216-512 pp. Indexed. 12mo, $2.20; by mail, $2.45.

To the selections made by Browning of his work from 1833 to 1879, the editors have added their own selections from 1879 to 1889. A biographical introduction outlines his life, but omits all reference to his ancestry, a critical introduction, presents an analysis of his work, notes summarize many poems and a skeleton bibliography gives the dates when his works were published.

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, The. Edited with introduction, notes, and glossary by Andrew Lang, assisted by W. A. Craigie. With a portrait. 668 pp. Indexed. 8vo, $1.70; by mail, $1.89.

The life of Burns has been written so often that Mr. Lang despairs of being able to say about him what is both new and true. He has, however, written an account of the poet which will without doubt be reckoned as one of the best short biographies which have yet appeared. As Mr. Lang says, "Burns has suffered from the good offices of apologists, who absolve him where he very frankly condemns himself. To say anything whatever about him, gcod or bad, is, and always has been, to lay unhallowed hands on the Ark, and to provoke certain Scotch enthusiasts, who talk

much more about their national poet than they read him." These fanatics nobody can please, and Mr. Lang plainly says that it is not his intention to try to please them. The notes in the book are voluminous and of the kind most required by English readers, and the glossary is complete. A useful “index of first lines" is furnished in addition to the usual table of contents, and altogether the book forms one of the most complete and useful volumes of Burns' work we have ever seen. London Publishers' Circular.

Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. Edited with notes and introductory memoir by Adolphus William Ward, M. A., Litt. D. From the Globe edition. Revised and enlarged. Illustrated. 271-573 PP. Indexed. 12mo, $2.20; by mail, $2.47.

A reprint of the Globe edition issued in 1869. A few notes are added and the fragment known as Sylvia and the reprint of the first edition of the

Rape of the Lock," and of the "Dunciad," from Elwin and Courthope's edition have been included in an appendix. An index of first lines also appears for the first time. The type is larger than the " Globe" and there are sixteen full-page illustrations.

Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, The. Edited with a careful revision of the text by William J. Rolfe, A. M., Litt. D. With illustrations. 646 pp. Indexed. 8vo, $2.25; by mail, $2.60.

This single volume edition first appeared in 1887, and is now reissued. It aims to give a correct text, such portions of Scott's notes as will interest the general reader, and contains all the poems, not plays. The illustrations suffer a little from ten years' use, but deserve the warm approval they received at their issue.

Songs Without Answer. By Irene Putnam. 93 pp. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail, 81 cents.

There is a strange pathos in the "Songs Without Answer," that to a certain extent, disarms criticism. Full of dainty grace and delicate fancy, they appeal directly to the heart; despite the fact that a colder scrutiny reveals faults of technique here and there. The young writer has the gift of melody, and a genuine love for the beautiful and the good, and her little songs are sweet and wholesome, though pitched, perhaps, too frequently in the minor key.

N. Y. Sun.

Three Irish Bardic Tales. Being Metrical Versions of The Three Tales known as The Three Sorrows of Story-Telling. By John Todhunter. 160 pp. 12mo, $1.20; by mail, $1.28.

The three tales are "The Doom of the Children of Lis," the Fate of the Sons of Usna," and the "Lamentation for the Three Sons of Turann." They are founded on the three Bardic tales traditionally known in Ireland as the "Three Sorrows of Story-Telling.' The various versions have been fully handled in this metrical narrative in Alexandrines.

W. V., Her Book, and Various Verses. By William Canton. With two illustrations by C. E. Brock. 150 pp. 12mo, $1.00; by mail, $1.07.

us.

It is Mr. Canton's chief distinction, and a very rare one, that he can think and write up to the high level of a child's imagination. That exalted level is beyond the reach of most of us, who are fortunate if we can even recognize its existence somewhere above Of the poems in the volume, those which are personal to W. V. have the most irresistible charm; though among the others are several of considerable power, particularly the striking blank verse poem, 'East of Eden,' and "Crying Abba, Father." Here are some verses, the inspiration of which is of the truest:

Above the Range. A Story for Girls. By Theodora R. Jenness. Illustrated by George Gibbs. 332 pp. 12mo, 85 cents; by mail, $1.00.

The story is a decided departure from the ordinary girls' book, but the quaintness of the characters described will be sure to make the story very popular. A mission school for the daughters of the Dakota tribes is most interestingly described. The strange ideas and beliefs of these wild people are woven into the thread of the story, which tells how a little white girl was brought up as an Indian child, educated at a mission school, and was finally discovered by her family.

From the Publisher's Notice. Admiral J. of Spurwink. By James Otis, author of "Jack the Hunchback.' Illustrated. 305 pp. 12mo, 85 cents; by mail, 98 cents.

A boy's book whose story turns on the not improbable incident of a wreck and the effort of a thrifty boy to make money by showing it. While some of the incidents are slightly sensational, they are not impossible and the book is interesting, though distinctly a "boy's juvenile."

Air Castle Don; or, From Dreamland to Hardpan. By B. Freeman Ashley, author of "Tan Pile Jim,' etc. Illustrated. The Young America series. 340 pp. 12mo, 75 cents; by mail, 89 cents. Every one likes Don first off and all the way through he continues likable and popular. He has many opportunities to show his manliness, his courage and his sense of right. The story is healthful and good. It is not sensational and there are humor and sentiment in good measure. Don talks in rather old language for a boy, but is none the less worthy on that account. Hartford Post.

At Agincourt. A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris. By G. A. Henty, author of Beric the Briton,' etc. With twelve illustrations by Wal Paget. 356 pp. 12m0, $1.10; by mail, $1.27.

The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie, on the old frontier between France and England, where the lad, Guy Aylmer, had gone to join his father's old friend, Sir Eustace de Villeroy. The times were troublous, and soon the French king compelled Lady Margaret de Villery, with her chil dren, to go to Paris as hostages for Sir Eustace's loyalty. Guy Aylmer goes with her as page and body-guard. The guilds of the butchers, adopting white hoods as their uniform, had seized Paris, and the characters are involved in great danger. The story ends with the battle of Agincourt. Publishers' Weekly.

Beneath the Sea. A Story of the Cornish Coast. By George Manville Fenn. Illustrated. 421 pp. 12mo, $1.00; by mail, $1.16.

This "juvenile "which is long and a good while in telling the story, describes the adventures of boys searching in an abandoned mine.

Boy Tramps; or, Across Canada, The. By J. Macdonald Oxley, LL. B., B. A., author of "The Romance of Commerce." With 16 illustrations by Henry Sandham. 361 pp. 12mo, $1.00; by mail, $1.17.

Mr. J. Macdonald Oxley has, in this volume, opened up a new and hitherto unexplored field. Many delighted travellers have crossed the continent on the line of the Canadian Pacific, but it was a brilliant thought to convoy two enterprising boys afoot through that wonderful stretch of prairie and mountain. Mr. Oxley's perfect familiarity with the whole region enables him to give the accuracy of a guide-book to his descriptions of scenery; but these details are introduced with a sparing hand. It is the adventures of his heroes that occupy the most of his and the reader's attention.

From the Publisher's Notice. Bushy. A Romance founded on fact. By Cynthia M. Westover. Illustrated by J. A. Walker. 318 pp. 12mo, $1 50, postpaid.

Mrs. Alden touches both tragedy and comedy without literary affectation, and there is the delightful freshness of breezy places in this very naturalistic romance. Of course the best thing in the story is Bushy herself, from whom we part in the last chapter, as the Rocky Mountain miners parted from her, with affectionate regret. Brooklyn Times.

Captain Chap; or, The Rolling Stones. By Frank R. Stockton, author of "Rudder Grange," etc. Illustrated by Charles H. Stephens. 298 pp. 12m0, $1.00; by mail, $1.17.

In 1882, this story appeared in a weekly storypaper. It is now republished and while it is not ordinarily included in Mr. Stockton's complete works, it has his power of description, but not of invention, and is a good piece of work, with its scene laid in Florida and plenty of camp life and hunting. Chilhowee Boys at College. By Sarah E. Morrison,

author of "Chilhowee Boys in War Time." Illustrated. 441 pp. 12m0, $1.00; by mail, $1.16. A sequel to previous work by the same author. The same boys are carried through college in Tennessee under the conditions of two or three generations ago. Every-Day Heroine, An. A Story for Girls. By Mary

A. Denison, author of " Opposite the Jail," etc. Illustrated by Ida Waugh. 329 pp. 12mo, 75. cents; by mail, 89 cents.

Mrs. Mary Andrews Denison has been publishing girl's books for nearly forty years. "Stella" opens with a birthday party at fourteen in a luxurious home. She loses all this through her father's defalcation, goes to work and after a brave struggle wins a place for herself.

Fast Mail, The. Story of a Train Boy. By William Drysdale, author of "The Young Reporter," etc. Illustrated by Charles Copeland. Brain and Brawn series. 328 pp. 12mo, $1.00; by mail, $1.16. Not only does the author convey interesting and instructing information, but he takes occasion to impress several lessons in the course of his story, the most prominent of which is that any young man, no. matter what his work in life may be, can get ahead and be successful only as he is energetic, industrious, upright, and thoroughly honorable. This story, as a companion volume to "The Young Reporter," in every way sustains the high reputation of the series. From the Publisher's Notice.